The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-04
SENSATION AT NASHVILLE.
a Music Teacher Runs Away With the
Wife of a Prominent Citizen.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 1.-About the
LIST of March there appeared here middle
aged man of prepossessing appearance and
elegant manners, who gave his name as
Davis, and his occupation as that of a
music teacher. He allied himself with the
Watkins Park Methodist Church, and
everything Aourished with him. However,
the new conner showed himself not averse
to borrowing, and, in fact. as proof now
goes to show, hardly eyer let pass by an OPP
portunity to secure a loan. From several
prominent gentlemen he received nice
amounts. Thursday night Mr.. Davis dis
appeared, which occasioned considerable
which Davis took his departure the
wife of Mr.. w. NJ. Pottery
a gentleman living in South Nashville, also
disappeared. 1t is now revealed that the
two went together. The music teachers
real name was not Davis, but A. 3. Boz
hanan. Years ago ne Yves Cumberland
Presbyterian preacher. He married, while
wearing the clerical robes, Miss Ella Rose,
daughter of E. T. Rose, of this city. For
years they lived together in Wilson
County, but the charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses arising against him
he took his wife and one child, boy
named Charley, up to Logansport, Ind.
There she obtained a divorce from him and
subsequently, came back to Nashville
ago Mr.. w. NJ. Pottery, who is in business
on Broadway, met the lady, who was still
young and attractive, and married her, and
up to the unexpected turn of affairs they
had lived in harmony and happiness,
never hearing of Bohanan and rarely allud-
ing to him.
husband, IN relating the story, II came
home one evening and my wife told nae
that Bohanan had been at the house. |
told her didn't want him to be making
visits to her, but she said he came to see
Charlie, his and my wife's ten .year-0ld
boy. 1 told Ella that the man came with
no good intention, and asked her not to
see him any more, but in spite OF my
wishes he went to see her three times after
that. Thursday morning l left her as
usual, with kiss, and went to my work.
On returning that night l found the house
locked, and after getting IN found note
which said she had become convinced that,
according to the scripture, she was COM
hitting adultery in living with me, having
another husband living, and she didn't
want to 90 to torment and drag me with
her. She also said that she did not think we
bad ever loved each other as man and vile
| should, and wound up by saying that she
was going to take Charlie and go OF. /
| can't believe she has gone of with
Bohanan, though know, of course. he is
| at the bottom of the whole thing. When
| he came here and saw us happy and pros
| porous feeling of revenge for her leaving
| him took possession of him, l think, aud
| he determined to blight her life. My wife's
| father says he thinks she has gone to Ken
| lucky"
a letter received to-day by Mrs. Robert
| NJ. Pottery from the missing woman states
/ that she was led to flight by the advice of
three preachers, who had advised her that
she was doing wrong. The facts all point,
however, to her having gone with her
i former husband.